Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Tecan Group AG, a Swiss maker of
laboratory equipment, rose the most in more than nine years in
Zurich trading after raising its full-year sales forecast.

Tecan climbed 14 percent to 63.90 Swiss francs, the biggest
gain since Feb. 20, 2002. That pared the stock’s decline this
year to 18 percent.

The manufacturer expects full-year sales growth in local
currencies to be in the “high-single-digit percentage range,”
compared with a previous forecast of an increase in the “mid-single” digits, Maennedorf, Switzerland-based Tecan said in a
statement today.

First-half sales rose 12 percent in local currencies,
helping offset gains in the Swiss franc, which is eroding the
value of revenue in other countries, Tecan said. Operating
profit in the period declined 9.8 percent to 20.8 million
francs, and amounted to 11.5 percent of sales. Tecan repeated a
forecast for a full-year operating margin in a range of 12
percent to 13 percent.